Attention: This course meets the basic STARS training requirements for those providing care to children in school-age programs (5-12 years).

School-age staff provide care to children in commercial buildings, churches, onsite at a school, or community center. School-age programs can be licensed to provide care for children ages 5 years through 12 years, depending on the facility and staff qualifications.

If the program where you work provides care to children under the age of 5 years old, then you should not enroll in this course. For those who work in mixed-age child care programs or are family home child care providers, please click here to enroll in the mixed-age Child Care Basics.

The online School Age Child Care Basics training was developed by Genie Skinner, along with Successful Solutions Online Educators . ​The course outline and learning outcomes for the curriculum were provided by DEL MERIT.

The current STARS trainer for this course is ​The current STARS trainer for this course is ​Kimberlee Turner, MS Ed.

Enrollment Set Up

Registrations that are submitted after enrollment hours will be processed the next morning. You will receive an email with your log-in information to access the course within an hour after we open the next business day.